Hello all,
I went out for a nice walk today and spotted a few plants.
One or two may want IDing.
I am not sure of the status of Purple Toadflax in Calderdale, anyone know?
It is non native I believe, yet a foodplant for the Toadflax Brocade and Toadflax Pug Lepidoptera.
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| Purple Toadflax Flowers |
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| Purple Toadflax Leaves |
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| A couple of the Purple Toadflax plants |
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| The Purple Toadflax plants again with a bit more leaf view |
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| All plants and where they are growing |
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| Don't know this one |
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| All of the Don't Know plants |
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| A self-seeded wildflower bit in Heathfield School car park |
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| Bush Vetch in the car park |
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| Red & White Clover in the car park |
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| Spear Thistle |
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| Spear Thistle |
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| Hedge Woundwort |
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| Hedge Woundwort as above just less zoom |
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| Hedge Woundwort growing through the Rosebay Willowherb |
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| What is This? |
Not much good on wild flowers Edward.....but I keep trying! Bottom one could be Wood Sorrel ?
ReplyDeleteDavid, I think you've got it bang on...
ReplyDeleteA few comments on the plants. Purple Toadflax is quite a common garden escape in the area. You'll occasionally also find Pale Toadflax.
ReplyDeleteThe one you don't know is Wall Lettuce. It has very distinctive leaves.
The bottom one is definitely an Oxalis, Wood Sorrel is the local native found in woodland but there are several other species which are garden escapes.
I have changed the name of a couple other species in your post to avoid confusion.
I saw it flower in Late April/Early May, the flowers were white if that helps.
ReplyDeleteThe Wood Sorrel flowered, so it's clear
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